Unlike NES games on Wii U, PC Engine games are pretty much perfect on the system. The spectacular PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16) conversion of Gradius appears on Wii U's Virtual Console. The best emulation Nintendo offers for the original Gradius is on last year's Classic NES Edition mini-console, but good luck finding that if you don't already own one. Wii suffers from lag and blur on high-definition televisions, 3DS doesn't offer true-pixel scaling, and Wii U looks much too dark and smeary for its own good. Each iteration of Virtual Console comes with its usual caveats, of course. The scaled-down but nevertheless excellent NES port of Gradius appears on all three iterations of Nintendo's Virtual Console: Wii, 3DS, and Wii U. The 1985 coin-op version appears on both Gradius Collection and on PlayStation 4's Arcade Archives. You can easily choose among three different versions of the game: It's a little bare-bones now, but still a great shooter.
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The first game in the series debuted in 1985 and defined everything to come: The power-up system, the horizontal-scrolling combat, the Options, the Moai heads. Sadly, it still won't run on PlayStation TV, but despite these issues it remains by far the best way to get your hands on the majority of the Gradius series in a single, affordable package.Īnyway, here's the lowdown on the individual games: While the store doesn't list it as being PlayStation Vita-compatible, several listeners have confirmed that you can get it running on Vita by downloading the game to PlayStation 3 and transferring it to the handheld physically. The PSP is dead now, of course, but you can still find Gradius Collection on the PlayStation Store.
Five classic Gradius games ( Gradius through Gradius IV, and Gradius Gaiden) shipped on the Gradius Collection for PSP back in 2009. We covered a lot of games, and while we dedicated some conversation to various avenues to revisit several of the releases discussed, there's nothing like a proper, organized hub for that information.īefore we begin, I will say that Konami has made this whole thing relatively easy for interested fans. This week, the Hardcore Gaming 101 crew joined us for a fairly comprehensive survey of the Gradius series. Our "How Can I Play It?" series lays out the best options for legitimately and legally playing the classic games we cover here at Retronauts, ideally on current platforms.
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